-=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 external hard drive quetions plus a new one

addt'l info - and oh my, I can't believe it fact!

For the heck of it while I was waiting to hear back from you, I started 
looking at the properties of both the externals in windows to see if I could 
see a difference and I did!  The partition that was blue had a check mark 
next to (I don't know how it got there) to compress files to save space - 
when I unchecked it, I got a message asking if I wanted to uncompress and I 
said yes and the blue disappeared (well on part of it as I stopped the 
process to type this as was going to take another 35 minutes)  So now my 
question is, what is the advantage of checking that box?  If I did it to all 
my externals I assume they would all be blue (and probably take me 3 days to 
accomplish) but does it really save any space as I couldn't see a change in 
what little I did - thanks!  Dolores
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dolores" <dshelham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:54 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 external hard drive quetions


> I'm sorry but I didn't see your response until this a.m.  Okay I'm
> challenged here and that's nothing new :-)  I think I understand your
> response to the second question (and if not I'll holler when the time 
> comes)
>
> So as to the first one, I had this long list of explanations of why I
> couldn't find the properties but then found it by accident :-)  I also
> mispoke about the full size of the hard drive as is only 200 gig.
>
> Under usage tab - 7% used, 93% free
>
> Under partition info tab - partition type 07 [hex] NTFS
> serial number - and it lists one (you don't need this right?}
> First physical sectior:  63 (Cyl 0, Hd 1, Sect 1)
> Last physical sector:  199,302,389 (Cyl 1205, Hd 254, Sect 3)
> Total physical sectors:  199,302,326 (97,316.6)
> Physical geometry:  24792 cyls, 255 hds, 63 sect
>
> Under NTFS info tab - NTFS version 3.1
> Bytes per NTFS sectors - 512 (512 per physical sector)
> Cluster size - 4K bytes (8 sectors per byte)
> First MFT cluster - 786,432
> File record size - 1 K byte
>
> It also says it's my primary where the other half that is black is my
> logical.
>
> For the comparison I did the same for the other external that worked fine
> and Im not spotting any difference - hope the info I typed gives you a
> clue - I'm wondering if I shouldn't just take the data off and repartition
> it and see what happens - good idea?
>
> Thanks - Dolores
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "GuitarMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:27 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 external hard drive quetions
>
>
>> Dolores,
>>
>> Ans #1.    I've never had that happen to me and I used PM for nearly 10
>> years.  I've since switched to Partition Manager by Paragon (although I
>> haven't decided if the relationship will become long term yet    lol). 
>> My
>> best guess is that the drive and all of its contents perhaps have been
>> 'encrypted' either by PM or by yourself after the partitioning.  Whatever
>> it
>> is, I suggest that you fire up PM and use it to view the Properties for
>> that
>> partition.  It may tell you exactly what's going on with it.  If it does,
>> report back here and let us know so we can help you make it right.
>>
>> Ans #2.    If you're asking whether or not you can go back and 'readjust'
>> the sizes later, the answer is Yes.
>>
>> NOTE to anyone else following this thread:
>> The following directions are ONLY meant for Dolores' situation.  The idea
>> is
>> the same for all resizing of partitions, but the details (drag to the
>> left/right, etc.) will vary depending on the locations & number of
>> partitions in question.
>>
>> Dolores,
>>    In Partition Magic, you would first select the second partition of 
>> this
>> hard drive (the one you want to make smaller) and then use the 'Resize'
>> command.  A separate window will open showing you the partition as a
>> simple
>> bar with some info below it.  Use your cursor to grab the left end of the
>> bar and drag it toward the right (the cursor will change to let you know
>> you're at the right spot).  As you move the end, watch the sizes showing
>> below the image.  Once you've freed up the amount of space you want to
>> give
>> to the first partition, let go of the mouse button and then click on OK.
>> Next, bring up the 'Resize' command for the first partition.  You'll
>> notice
>> tha the amount of space you freed up previously is now available to this
>> partition.  Go ahead and grab the right end of this one and drag it all
>> the
>> way to the right so that it eats up the extra space.  When you get to the
>> end, let go and hit OK.  Finally, tell PM to proceed with the commands 
>> you
>> just performed (everything you did up to this point will be written as an
>> instruction script for PM to follow during a reboot).
>>
>> Peace,
>> GMan
>>
>> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dolores" <dshelham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 6:36 PM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- 2 external hard drive quetions
>>
>>
>>> Things so smoothly for me and I can learn from others and then something
>>> pops up for me :-)
>>>
>>> I have used partition magic before and did not have this result so
>>>
>>> question 1 - I partitioned a 300 gig into 2 parts and the fist part 
>>> shows
>>> up
>>> in My Computer as well as all its contents in a blue color - the 2nd 
>>> part
>>> is
>>> normal - is this something I can ignore or could it cause me to lose
>>> things
>>> I store on it?  If I can ignore it anyone know why it did that?
>>>
>>> question 2 - on another 500 gig hard drive I want to partition it into 2
>>> parts again with the first part being around 150 gig - is it possible,
>>> and
>>> if so how do I do it, to make that section bigger if I put nothing on 
>>> the
>>> other section?  The reason I want to do it this way is I plan to use 
>>> that
>>> hard drive only for scrapbooking but have found that if I have say a 200
>>> gig
>>> hard drive with only 50 gigs on it added at different times, it tends to
>>> put
>>> them all over the place and defragmenting it doesn't do any good - being
>>> o/c
>>> I want it all nicely together and not scattered around :-)
>>>
>>> thanks!  Dolores
>>
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